Archery Day.

On the 7th of October Archery Unlimited hosted the Scout archery shoot, the scouts had a lot of fun learning about archery and shooting different types of bows.

It seems that we have a few Robin Hood's in our midsts. There is an archery badge available for scouts to do and it can also be done at school or club level.

Thanks to Vic for organising the event and Max for instructing the scouts on the safety and operation of the bows.

Potch Army Experience 2006

The Army Experience 2006 was attended by Syd-Sand and Morningside, and was a spectacular demonstration by the SANDF Artlilery. Scouts who attended saw various weapons in action including R5 rifles, General purpose machine gun, Browning 707, missile launchers, mortar rockets, G1, G4 and G5 weaponry and the awesome Renoster letting loose with 120 missiles in 42 seconds. This was followed by a short tour of all the military vehicles and and braai down by the dam on the army base. The event will be on the calendar for next year.

PL's Awards Dinner

Saturday the 21st October 2006 some very ungaulish people attended a gaulish banquet miles away from any little italian gaulish village (bar Monte Casino) for what you be asking yourself?....
Patrol Leaders' Awards Dinner is a prestigious and formal event where the Scouters honour the dedication and commitments of their Patrol Leaders. We were graced by the presence of our Gauteng Assistant Area Commissioners Gerard Evans. MC Mark Dalton entertained the evening and preventing our guests from sleeping on the job.

Pioneering Compo 2006 - Stargate

Our annual pioneering competition took a different twist this year when Shaq decided the sky was not the limit and opened the Stargate portal. Thank you to the committee, parents and scouts at 1st Athol for hosting this awesome event. Above is the new and improved Trophy after it was damaged by intruders in the Halfway House scout hall.

All the Scouts that participated in the Compo recieved a Stargate badge to add to there collection of badges on there campfire blankets. Thanks Shaq the badges are cool.

A bats eye view of the Pioneering Projects on the Saturday night. The M1 is visible in the back ground.

The Markers examined every inch of the project to determine the winner. Well done to 1st Halfway House on winning the Compo. The final points were as follows:
1st Halfway House 539, 1st Glenhurst 534, 1st Morningside 491, 1st Syd-Sand 448 and 1st Athol 316.